Yemen, Rep.

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Yemen, Rep.

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Republic of Yemen. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

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Economy Summary
Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 24,799,880
GNI Per Capita (US$) 1,070
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
118 101 down -17

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
56.1 57.5 down -1.4
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 110 64 up -46
Dealing with Construction Permits 62 30 up -32
Getting Electricity 112 52 up -60
Registering Property 59 57 up -2
Getting Credit 167 165 up -2
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 113 112 up -1
Trading Across Borders 121 122 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 45 38 up -7
Resolving Insolvency 122 121 up -1

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 110 DB 2012 Rank 64 Change in Rank down-46
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 74.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 79.0 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-4.6
YearNew business densityNumber of new limited liability companies
2011 3.0021,624
Indicator Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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6 8 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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40 23 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
71.9 29.8 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
0.0 72.3 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Pick up the specimen application from the Commercial Register 1 day nominal
2 Name reservation, license application, AOA signiture, publication and registration at the Ministry of Trade & Industry 4 weeks Registration trade name YER 14,220; Company incorporation fees YER 15,000; Publication of company in official gazette YER 30,000; Publication of company in trade magazine YER 16,000; Publication of trade registration YER 20,000; Trade Registration card YER 1,020
3 Register as taxpayer with the General Taxes Department for the payment of income tax, obtain taxation card, and register the employees and register for other taxes 1 day no charge
4 Apply for Chamber of Commerce membership 1 day YER 18,900
5 Apply to the municipality to obtain license 1 week YER 80,000
6 Register employees for the social security 2 days no charge

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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